Transport of salt and suspended sediments in a curving channel of a coastal plain estuary: Satilla River, GA

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 993-1006

  Blanton, Jackson O ^a   Seim, Harvey ^a,c   Alexander, Clark ^a   Amft, Julie ^a   Kineke, Gail ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Estuarine dynamics; Georgia; Salt transport; Satilla River; Secondary circulation; Sediment transport; USA

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; PARTICULATE FLUX; SALT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

GEORGIA; SATILLA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141786859     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(03)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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